The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-23

with others with = view 20 carrying that
purpose OF design into effecty Did they, OF
either. a. any % them. do such acts 20
make such declarations IN furtherance Of
the common purpose or design, ~ did
actually have the effect Of encouraging,
aiding or abetting the crime in question!
To solve these questions, the court pro
ceeded 10 make a thorough examination
OF the evidence a. presented In the Crimi-
nal Court In Chicago. The first part Of
the evidence examined by the Supreme
Court was that In relation % the making
Of the bomb that killed Decan. and it was
ascertained that there were four chnrac-
teristics Of this bomb. viz: J. IL was
round. 2. II was explode by means Of
aprojective fuse. 3. The shell Of the bomb
was Of composite manufactures. 4. The
bomb had small iron nut.
The evidence showed that bombs with
these four characteristics were made BY
the defendant. Louis Lngg, at his resi-
dence In Chicago. and that materials for
bomb making wer, found there after the
Haymarket explosion. and the court there
fore declares: ave think the jury was war.
ranted in believing from the evidence that
the bomb which killed Degnu was one Of
the bombs made by the defendant Lingg."
Did Lingg make the bomb which killed
Degan! To answer this, the next ques-
ton. the court exhaustively examines all
the evidence which was presented in rela-
ton TO the organization known as the In
ternational Workingmen's Association, or
International Arbeiter Association. gen
orally called the "Internationals." Its
platform Of principles, as published in the
Arbsifer Zcifung. one Of its organs, its Pur-
poses, its membership in Chicago were
described, and general statement given
Of how II proposed 70 effect what il called
the s'sociai revolution" II was the opin-
ion OF the court that this organization was
an unlawful conspiracy. Is II meant social
revolution. The defendants sought 20 use
this organization 70 inspire hatred among
the workingmen Of the police and militia;
they made violent and incendiary
speeches; they had published In their
newspapers instructions for the making Of
bombs and dynamite.
The court quotes as part Of its opinion
copious extracts from speeches by Spies,
Fielder and others OF the defendants, and
extracts from the Anarchist newspapers.
II also recites the evidence IS 70 the pur-
chase Of pistols and other arms by sundry
Of the defendants, all Of which evidence
showed conspiracy - cuaFEcu. IN tut tutF'
ance Of the conspiracy as described, the
court says:
Eve think the jury were warranted In
believing from the evidence that the bomb
which exploded at the Haymarket was
| made by the defendant Lingg."
| The question which next suggests itself,
| say the court, is whether the bomb g
made was thrown at the Haymarket by q
| member Of said conspiracy, or by some
one acting under its direction and in pnr
suance OF its designs. To solve this prob
lem the court gives very careful and
| lengthy review OF the evidence re-
lating 70 the disposition made o.
| the bombs manufactured by Lingg and hi'
assistants and TO other pertinent matters
| The plan Of Engel, submitted at a meeting
Of the Lehr and Weir verein on May q
| 1856. and adopted in the form OF . resolu
| tion, giving instructions for the throwinl
Of bombs II there should be q conflict be
| TWEEN the police and the Anarchists, is de
| scribed in detail and commented upon
and all Of the special situations ans
events Of the Haymarket conflict are con
| sidered.